Polo Reaches 2025 USA Curling Club National Championships Quarters

SKIP
Joe
Polo

Third
Matt
Mellin

Second
Samuel
Thiesse

Lead
Derek
Benson

Joe Polo (Duluth, MN) qualified for the 2025 USA Curling Club National Championships playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 7-1 against Ryan Berg (Fargo, ND). of the 2025 USA Curling Club National Championships in Mequon, Wisconsin, United States;

Polo finished 3-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Polo defeated Jay Packard (Milwaukee, WI) 6-5, then went on to lose 9-3 against Evan Workin (Fargo, ND). Polo lost 7-5 to Chris Bond (Seattle, WA) where Polo responded with a 8-3 win over Benjamin Levy (Detroit, MI). Polo won 7-4 against Dave Nelson (Madison, WI) in their final qualifying round match.

Polo ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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